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Thanks, man. I was really kicking myself over this. I'm definitely not telling my brother.

Hey don't beat yourself up. I'm 40 years in on general construction and still have brain farts once in awhile. You are born then you die. Everything in between is a leaning curve. Today was a TIL

Haha, I rewatched it this morning and said the same thing. It's even more frustrating to know and not be able to tell yourself in the past than it is to be the confused person in the moment, I think.

The next town over has water that tends to eat through copper. They get small pinholes start to leak then they realize this is the same throughout the house. This is a tough one to categorize as one could argue it was a misapplication or poor installation as the water should have been treated.

Things like poorly soldered joints or poorly assembled PEX termination or Sharkbites are a tough thing to quantify. Surely you've found how to make a good solder joint. However I would not characterize any failure resulting from a poor installation to be a failure of the product.

I will admit in my home I'm very conservative. I personally sleep better feeling the all copper plumbing is the best I can do.

BTW I also have water sensors in a number of places that can shut off the main water supply if water is sensed.

Not trying to be rude. I was watching the video and yelling "switch the gaskets". Live and learn. Glad you figured it out. Should be a breeze next time.

If there were massive regular failures in soldered fittings, you'd see this discussed on forums, you'd see videos about it, etc etc.
You don't. But you know what you DO see? Sharkbite failures.

It's so you can either butt another cabinet up and continue the run or slap an end panel on and call it a day. Modular cabinets.

Yes remove the old caulk. Make sure the area is clean, smooth, and dry before applying. Do not recommend silicone. It is hellish to remove and does not stick to itself when dry so basically ruins all hope of redoing in the future without extreme steps- and definitely doesn’t last forever. Use a quality sealant instead- Lepage Quad or Flextra for example.

The worst plumbing part is the plastic nut on my toilet flex supply line. It broke when I was on vacation and flooded my finished basement. I installed a Floodstop water leak alarm with whole house shutoff valve. I put a leak sensor in each bathroom, the kitchen, and laundry/water heater area. It has alerted me to a few minor leaks and shut off the water before they could cause any damage. It cost me less than $200. I think it should be standard in a new home.

I'm sure the guys wiring houses with aluminum wire, and plumbing stuff in polybutylene pipes said the same exact thing. There is no data, no one sits around and collects these numbers. I don't call sharkbite and tell them when I find their shit leaking like 3 times a week. So much knowledge in the plumbing industry is tacit and anecdotal, yet vital and true.

In my 5 years as a resi service plumber I've seen copper fail "all the time". I had a poorly soldered joint (under pressure) randomly come apart when I bumped It. I've replaced entire houses with PEX due to well water eating the copper. Yeah I've had SharkBites give trouble, but I wouldn't be afraid to use in my own house.

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Always a good idea. I always snap a few pics when working on something new.

I'm recording everything before disassembly in the future.

You'll get there. Just keep working on stuff. I learned a lot through trial and error when I was younger.

Yeah, mine is flat, not beveled. I guess I just meant that the arrangement of components in that picture reminded me of my solution - my gasket/washer is shaped differently, though, you're right.

That's why I didn't even think to slide it over the neck. Even when I tried it I was worried it would tear. But, the material is pretty strong (I had to remove and attach it a couple of times because of wrong order of events) and it really snugs in tight. So, even though it's flat and thin I think it's the ticket.

I couldn't see your white gasket very well. but yes, what I would expect on the bottom of that tail piece is the one in the picture, the beveled gasket. In the it video looks kind of like it's flat but if it fits and it seals, that's all that matters. These things are not under much pressure.

Oh yeah. That's definitely the same piece.

Man, I wish I had experience. I could have saved myself a couple of hours and a lot of cursing. Also, I found a picture of what I did. I think it's legit: https://images.app.goo.gl/peq6BDiYcHQEXa6f8 .

Cuz it looks like a tailpiece gasket. And experience.

What makes you think the green one goes at the top?

Lol, Well the green gasket is the one I would expect to see at the top but the white one looks a little different than what i would expect on the bottom joint but if it's working then I wouldn't worry about it.

I was only 90% sure until you said that. Now I'm 91% sure.

Probably has a lot to do with freezing if I had to guess. You should see all the homes down here during the freezes in the past few years. All the PVC in the house I'm renting busted in December.